Sweden wants the world to know that it is not Switzerland
Both countries are in Europe and both start with the letters S and W. Sweden's tourist board has released a satirical video illustrating their differences with the Swiss.
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European countries call for humanitarian pause in fighting between Israel and Hamas. Manhunt intensifies for suspected Maine mass shooter. There's major destruction in Acapulco after Hurricane Otis.
For some Kharkiv schoolkids, class moved to safety underground in a subway station
In Ukraine's second-largest city, near the Russian border, grade-schoolers attend classes in a subway station that doubles as a bomb shelter.
Ukrainian veterans lobby Congress for continued support on the battlefield
NPR's A Martinez talks to Andriana Susak-Arekhta, senior sergeant in the Ukrainian armed forces and head of the Ukrainian Women Veteran Movement, about the case for continued U.S. support for Ukraine.
Northern Irish trio Kneecaps raps about politics and the desire for a united Ireland
The Belfast trio Kneecap raps in Irish. Their popularity reflects a demographic shift: Catholics now outnumber Protestants there. Experts say Irish reunification isn't a matter of 'if' but 'when.'
NPR podcast 'Throughline' takes a closer look at the birth of a nation: Turkey
A century after the founding of the Republic of Turkey, NPR's history podcast Throughline examines the legacy of founding father Mustafa Kemal Ataturk.
Northern Soul is thriving across the UK thanks to Gen Z looking to dance
"Northern Soul is inherently up-tempo, Black American music that never really made it in America," says Lewis Henderson, one-half of the Deptford Northern Soul Club in the UK.
Germany's strict support for Israel, informed by history
Germany's position in the Israel-Gaza war is informed by its complex past.
As Europe applauds Poland's election results, civil rights groups prepare to fight
LGBTQ+ and abortion rights advocates are thrilled Poland's ruling, right-wing Law and Justice party is unlikely to form Poland's next government. But they are skeptical of the commitment of who will.
The UN says 20 trucks of aid are not enough, asks for fuel to be let in for hospitals
NPR's Scott Simon discusses aid to Gaza with Assistant Secretary-General Lynn Hastings. She is the United Nations Humanitarian Coordinator in the Occupied Palestinian Territory.